#deeptopics — Public Fediverse posts
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Recently I had a deep and long discussion with a teenager that touched several unrelated topics such as photosynthesis, human (mind) evolution, and the consistency of laws of physics in our universe.
First of all, this kind of talk I will choose over the "small talk" any day. It was awesome.Secondly, the discussion encouraged me to refresh my knowledge and even learn new things. I got to browsing.
Thus I have learned (or remembered - difficult to say now) that even plants with red leaves have normal green chloroplasts. Just with additional red pigment anthocyanin that supposedly help plants to protect against harsh sun.
Also, I have (re)learned about neoteny in humans. Wow. This thing explains a lot!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny_in_humans
It seems neoteny was (and perhaps still is) one of the major factors of quick and powerful evolution of human brains and high thinking, and thus human civilization.I should probably look up for the theories of "consistent laws" of the universe next...